Drafting the World Championship

[Thomas David Baker]

•  Yuuya Watanabe (2012 Players Championship winner)
•  Stanislav Cifka (Pro Tour Return to Ravnica winner)
•  Tom Martell (Pro Tour Gatecrash winner)
•  Craig Wescoe (Pro Tour Dragon's Maze winner)
•  Dmitriy Butakov (2012 Magic Online champion)
•  Josh Utter-Leyton (2012–13 Player of the year)
•  Willy Edel (Top Pro Points, Latin America)
•  Lee Shi Tian (Top Pro Points, Asia Pacific)
•  Eric Froehlich (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Ben Stark (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Shuhei Nakamura (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Brian Kibler (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Shahar Shenhar (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Martin Juza (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  David Ochoa (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Reid Duke (Top Pro Points, at-large)

Pick three players and nominate one of them as your captain (for tiebreaking). 3 points for each win in the World Championship (including the Sunday).

That is some line up even without PV and LSV. How do we go about drafting it? Pick your top 3 including a captain for tie breaks and allow dupes? Or 1-8, 8-1?

magic.bluebones.net/ptdraft/ was quite fun at the last pro tour so let's do something similar for the World Championship.

[Thomas David Baker]

Come whenever you like. Address is 30A (Basement) Claverton Street London SW1V 3AU.

Rashad Miller got his job by creating internet Magic tournament coverage literally from nothing by sheer sweat of his brow. He founded ggslive and went around events when there was no coverage apart from PT Sundays by Wizards. He was both organizer AND commentator. We owe the man our thanks, although he may not be the best commentator of all time.

[Nick Lovett]

What time are people thinking of rocking up?

[Dan Barrett]

This, also should I bring anything (food/drink/games)?

Nick Lovett said:

What time are people thinking of rocking up?

[Thomas David Baker]

By all means bring things like that but we have shops and telephones here so no obligation.

The webcast starts at 8am UK time and the schedule is World Cup top 8 followed by World Championship top 4.

Just come when you are up and about I guess.

[Levi Hinz]

Ok I'm probably going to be there around 10:30.

[Dan Barrett]

Same here.

[ross miles]

There about 1.30

[Nick Lovett]

I'm leaving now, be at victoria for about 13:40

[Thomas David Baker]

Louis takes down fantasy draft. Final table archived here ... http://magic.bluebones.net/ptdraft/wchamp.html

[Simon O'Keeffe]

I think the result is right, but something wrong with the data, as Louis has Ben Stark with 30 points but other players have Stark with only 27 points.

Thomas David Baker said:

Louis takes down fantasy draft. Final table archived here ... http://magic.bluebones.net/ptdraft/wchamp.html

[Louis Mackie]

I'm not the only person with Stark at 30

[Thomas David Baker]

Yes I seem to have manually updated Stark to 30 instead of Shahar or something (the program, which can actually add up, doesn't do the knockout stages). Should be OK now. Louis still won :)